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Especially for Health Professionals
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Toxicology TutorialsThree web-based “mini-textbooks
on toxicology
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Toxicology Tutorial I: Basic Principles
Includes text, graphics, and online quizzes
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EnviroHealthLinks (Internet Resource Guides)
Arsenic and Human Health Biological Warfare Agents Chemical Warfare Agents Children’s Environmental Health Environmental Justice Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution Toxicogenomics World Trade Center – Lingering Airborne
Hazards WNV – Pesticides for Mosquito Control
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Environmental Justice Resources
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Other Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources
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Tox Town:An Interactive Guide to Potentially
Toxic Substances and Environmental Health Issues
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Tox Town: Healthy Schools
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Tox Town: EPA’s Managing Asthma in
Schools
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Tox Town goes Urban:City Scene
Hospital
Construction site
Dentist office
EMF
Airplanes
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Tox Town:Hazards in Hospitals
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Tox Town: US – Mexico Border Scene
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Tox Town Farm
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Tox Town en Español
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Household Products Database
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Household Products Database
Click Products TabSelect Brand:Arrid Extra Dry A&D Spray
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Household Products:Brand Information
Brand InformationManufacturerHealth EffectsHandling/DisposalIngredients
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Household Products:Health Effects
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Household Products:Ingredients
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Household Products:Chemical Information
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Haz-Map:An Occupational Health
DatabaseLinks jobs and hazardous tasks to occupational diseases, symptoms, & agents
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Haz-Map:An Occupational Health
DatabaseSearch example: Potential causes of dizziness and chest tightness in farmers
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Haz-Map: Organophosphate pesticide poisoning in farm
workers
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Haz-Map: Link to PubMed
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Haz-Map: Link to Potential Agents
Scroll down to the agentssection and select organo-phosphates
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Haz-Map: Link to Chlorpyrifos
Select chlorpyrifosfrom the list of organo-phosphates
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TOXMAPMapping EPA Toxic Release
Siteshttp://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov
Enter a quick search here
Search example:Chemical: BenzeneCity: Saint LouisState: MO
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Facilities releasing Benzene near Saint Louis, MO
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Identify Facilities on Map
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List all chemicals released by facility
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Links to Health Information
Health Info:Click on the link in the left margin which opens a pop-up window to the benzene record in NLM’s Hazardous Substance Data Bank
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Benzene Trends over Time near Saint Louis, MO
Triangles indicate net increase or decrease from 1987-2005
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Medline Plus Home Page
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Medline Plus Health Topics
Select the Health Topics Tab
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Medline Plus Health Tutorials
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Medline Plus Drug Information
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Medline Plus en español
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TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
Search All databases forthe effects of TCE on children
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Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Search
Results
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HSDB TCE Record:Information on Children
Human Health EffectsEmergency Medical TreatmentEnvironmental Fate/ExposureEnvironmental Standards & RegulationsChemical/Physical Properties
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TOXLINE
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TOXLINE Search Results
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WISERWireless Information System for Emergency Responders
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WISERhttp://wiser.nlm.nih.gov
• Information tailored for emergency responders
• Assist in identifying unknown substances
• Emergency treatment andcontainment information
• Stand-alone with enhanced connected (wireless) capabilities
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What’s new from NLM’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Program
Environmental health issues in the news
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